Facebook and MySpace nowadays are a becoming a massive issue and are taking over millions of peoples realities the world over. Their sense of real or unreal‚ fact or fiction‚ and even in some cases right or wrong is becoming increasing blurred or warped by the illusion cast over them by their second lives that it is difficult for them to tell the difference between reality and illusion. See reality is defined as the state or fact of being real‚ but we as humans have the capacity This is because online
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EXPOSITORY PIECE “Our identity is influenced by how others see us” Monica Ung 11B A person’s identity is the essence of who they really are. However‚ the way an individual is viewed can shape their identity but only slightly. Identity usually comes through from an individual’s beliefs‚ opinions and experiences nevertheless; appearance and social status can also play a role. In today’s society‚ perception and the way someone is seen tends
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Prompt: ‘We cannot always be ourselves in the company of others’ Statement of Intention This expository piece draws upon the context ‘Identity and Belonging’ in conjunction with personal memoirs from Alice Pung’s ‘Growing up Asian in Australia’. The purpose of this piece is to explore and invite my audience to experience what it is like to be the subject of isolation due to differences in appearance‚ language and culture and to point out the internal struggles people have while trying to discover
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running from her lips‚ her scowl had the same acidity as the lemon that we squeezed over our fish. We weren’t sure why this was the case. Could it be a built up envy of the young? A dissatisfaction of days spent sorting 5 dollar notes and 10 cent pieces? Peter‚ in his wit and charm‚ offered other suggestions: perhaps it was something personal with her husband. That was better than his other alternative‚ in which the woman was cultivating illicit drugs. I don’t think he was serious. I hope he wasn’t
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A child’s world is shaped by their parent’s reality. Jordan Djuric The birth of Prince George into the Royal family has created question on how a family who have rarely any privacy‚ could raise a child as normal as possible. The family could not even name George without approval from many others. But it brings up the question of‚ what is a “normal” upbringing anyway? If a normal upbringing is one which consists of two average paid parents‚ who live in a middle class suburban home‚ where they
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We grow through exploring multiple realities Its 9pm on a Sunday and I can feel the first of the rain as its droplets catch on my outstretched palms. There’s something very humbling about the rain. It’s one of nature’s great forces‚ and completely escapes our control. When the rain comes‚ it doesn’t account for petty human drama‚ politics and cultural divisions. I ponder this thought as I round the bend and turn down the next street. The rain is a reminder that above all else‚ we are at the whim
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forced to create alternative realities The brain is a crucible: a melting pot of intersecting ingredients that forges a reality that is deceptively the same‚ but often vastly different for each individual. That reality is a construct is a fashionable term these days; it means that we tend to see reality from a particular frame of reference. There is always a context‚ whether it be political‚ social or cultural. For those who are unable to construct a satisfactory reality‚ it is then that they are forced
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‘Encountering conflict changes who we are as a person.’ Comedian Bill Cosby once said “family is conflict and it’s something that we all relate to.” His words speak of nothing but the truth because we have all experienced familial conflict before; it may have been a disagreement over moving schools with your parents or even a fight with a sibling‚ anyways the point is we all come across conflict throughout our life and it doesn’t just involve family. However the conflict doesn’t just come and go
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There are many different journeys being undertaken by Michael McGirr in his story of his travels along the Hume Highway‚ Bypass: The Story of a Road. In his book‚ McGirr embarks on a quest to discover his identity and belonging hand in hand with revealing many of the Hume Highway’s hidden stories. McGirr’s search for his spiritual beliefs is also an integral aspect of Bypass‚ as his recent departure from the Jesuit priesthood not long before he completed the cycling feat from Sydney to Melbourne
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Whose America Brittney Gregg ENG 491 Julie Miller June 30‚ 2014 Writers use what they know to make their work into something that can be treasured for years. They share what they know‚ they paint pictures with their words that allow their readers to get a glimpse of their lives and in some cases they use what is going on around them to share what they are feeling‚ or what they are not feeling. In some cases the writers use other pieces of literature or other people’s ideas to get
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